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Tayler, Collette – European Journal of Education, 2015
Learning in the earliest stage of life--the infancy, toddlerhood and preschool period--is relational and rapid. Child-initiated and adult-mediated conversations, playful interactions and learning through active involvement are integral to young children making sense of their environments and to their development over time. The child's experience…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Intellectual Development, Social Development
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McCall, Robert B. – Intelligence, 1981
Studies reporting predictions from assessments of infant recognition memory to later developmental performance and IQ are critiqued. Inelegancies in design, procedure, and analyses are noted. While this approach may have potential, its utility for practical or clinical purposes is still not demonstrated. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Infants, Intellectual Development, Intelligence
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Stevens, Joseph H., Jr. – Young Children, 1981
Reviews and discusses the implications of Carew's (1980) research on the influence of young children's everyday experiences on their intellectual development. (RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning
Lorance, Anne G.; Etheridge, George W. – 1990
This paper examines the needs of adolescent mothers and their infants and describes innovative programs designed to meet those needs. It discusses characteristics of adolescent mothers, including their educational level, their obstetric performance, their parenting practices, and the socioeconomic consequences of early parenthood. The paper then…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Early Parenthood, Emotional Development
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Gunter, Nancy C.; LaBarba, Richard C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
This article provides a literature review on the consequences of adolescent childbearing on postnatal infant development. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Development, Emotional Development
Pines, Maya – Psychology Today, 1979
In an interview, J. McVicker Hunt discusses the role of children's interactions with their environments in raising intelligence, the general effects of Head Start, and the role of mothers in affecting their children's intelligence. (MH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Ounce of Prevention Fund. – 1996
Recent research has provided great insight into the impact of early experience on brain development. It is now believed that brain growth is highly dependent upon early experiences. Neurons allow communication and coordinated functioning among various brain areas. Brain development after birth consists of an ongoing process of wiring and rewiring…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs